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Shades
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Posted: 08/14/17 11:14 am ::: |
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Randy wrote: |
I'm certainly glad the Storm are getting all this negative covfefe since it takes the spotlight off my 3 All Star team that is now worse than last season (and just as bad as the Storm now.) |
The Storm has their franchise player(s).
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pilight
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Posted: 08/21/17 8:36 am ::: |
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+8 Connecticut 19-10 11-18
+5 Dallas 14-16 9-21
+5 Washington 17-12 12-17
+2 Phoenix 15-14 13-16
+1 San Antonio 7-23 6-24
+1 Seattle 14-16 13-17
-1 Minnesota 22-6 23-5
-3 Los Angeles 21-8 24-5
-3 New York 17-12 20-9
-4 Chicago 11-18 15-14
-6 Atlanta 10-20 16-14
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ClayK
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Posted: 08/21/17 10:15 am ::: |
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The importance of elite players in basketball: The three teams at the bottom of the Changes list (thanks pilight) each lost an Olympian.
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Shades
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Posted: 08/21/17 10:22 am ::: |
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ClayK wrote: |
The importance of elite players in basketball: The three teams at the bottom of the Changes list (thanks pilight) each lost an Olympian. |
Los Angeles doesn't have any elite players by your definition. They won a championship last season. Maybe you can surmise that winning a championship once without elite players (through luck, bad reffing, what have you), but sustaining that kind of pinnacle of success is unlikely.
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J-Spoon
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Posted: 08/21/17 11:54 am ::: |
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NY is switching it up.
The last two seasons they've had very impressive regular seasons from the start and then sputtered out. This year mediocre, slowly improving, look out playoffs, here we come for a deep run (maybe?).
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Randy
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Posted: 08/21/17 2:37 pm ::: |
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ClayK wrote: |
The importance of elite players in basketball: The three teams at the bottom of the Changes list (thanks pilight) each lost an Olympian. |
I think this calls into question the Win Shares calculation. According to basketball ref. last season Catchings was worth 3.8 WS, while Angel was worth 3.1. So far, both teams 6 games worse, and in Atlanta's case they have a better supporting cast this season.
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Posted: 08/21/17 3:38 pm ::: |
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Shades wrote: |
ClayK wrote: |
The importance of elite players in basketball: The three teams at the bottom of the Changes list (thanks pilight) each lost an Olympian. |
Los Angeles doesn't have any elite players by your definition. They won a championship last season. Maybe you can surmise that winning a championship once without elite players (through luck, bad reffing, what have you), but sustaining that kind of pinnacle of success is unlikely. |
He didn't explicitly define "elite player", but I don't think he was implying that it was only players chosen by Geno Auriemma for the Olympic team.
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ClayK
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Posted: 08/22/17 11:57 am ::: |
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Shades wrote: |
ClayK wrote: |
The importance of elite players in basketball: The three teams at the bottom of the Changes list (thanks pilight) each lost an Olympian. |
Los Angeles doesn't have any elite players by your definition. They won a championship last season. Maybe you can surmise that winning a championship once without elite players (through luck, bad reffing, what have you), but sustaining that kind of pinnacle of success is unlikely. |
Being an Olympian isn't the only definition -- but CP3 has been an Olympian and Nneka should be.
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Posted: 08/28/17 7:50 am ::: |
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+5 Washington 17-14 12-19
+4 Dallas 15-17 11-21
+2 Phoenix 16-16 14-18
0 Los Angeles 24-8 24-8
0 San Antonio 7-25 7-25
-1 New York 20-12 21-11
-1 Seattle 14-18 15-17
-2 Minnesota 24-7 26-5
-4 Atlanta 12-20 16-16
-4 Chicago 12-19 16-15
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Posted: 09/04/17 6:58 am ::: |
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+5 Dallas 16-18 11-23
+5 Washington 18-16 13-21
+2 Phoenix 18-16 16-18
+1 New York 22-12 21-13
+1 San Antonio 8-26 7-27
0 Los Angeles 26-8 26-8
-1 Minnesota 27-7 28-6
-1 Seattle 15-19 16-18
-5 Atlanta 12-22 17-17
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RP
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Posted: 09/04/17 8:16 am ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
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+5 Washington 18-16 13-21
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Elena Delle Donne for MVP.
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